The Baghdad villa
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Kawar, Samira, translator.
Published
Northampton : Interlink Books, 2023.
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224 pages ; 21 cm.
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Downtown Lansing - 1st Floor-Adult Fiction
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Published
Northampton : Interlink Books, 2023.
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Book
Language
English

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Published in Arabic in 2016 as Ayyam al-Turab (Days of Dust) by Dar Al Tanweer, Tunis, Tunisia.
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Translated from the Arabic.
Description
"Set in Baghdad following the 2003 American invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein and unleashed chaos. At the center of the narrative is a young woman, Ghosnelban, who belongs to what would have been an aristocratic family under the former Iraqi monarchy and sees herself and her family as guardians of an aristocratic code of noble values and traditions. She witnesses her world and family life collapsing as the violence around her intensifies. The story encompasses three generations of the same family, and shows the effects of successive coups and wars on Iraqi society by focusing on the uprooting of a well-established family that has deep roots in Iraq. Ghosnelban interprets the events unfolding around her through detailed descriptive analysis of seven paintings hanging on the walls of a formal reception room in the family’s palatial villa. The family’s fate embodies the wider ruination affecting the country at large." --publisher's website.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hītī, Z., & Kawar, S. (2023). The Baghdad villa . Interlink Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hītī, Zuhayr and Samira, Kawar. 2023. The Baghdad Villa. Interlink Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hītī, Zuhayr and Samira, Kawar. The Baghdad Villa Interlink Books, 2023.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hītī, Zuhayr,, and Samira Kawar. The Baghdad Villa Interlink Books, 2023.

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